Re: [cg] question about successful communit garden projects

2003-06-25 Thread Grow19
What is the question that you have about successful community gardens? Success is not necessarily based on the number of participants, given that this may be dictated by the size of the land. Best to start this query over with some other measures of success. Judy Tiger Executive Director Gar

[cg] FYI" Powerline Epidemiology Study

2003-06-25 Thread Adam36055
Friends, I know that there has been discussion about community and food gardening under powerlines on this listserve. Most of us think it's unwise, citing exposure to microwave radiation, etc. as a health hazzard. Now, while I wouldn't choose to garden under a powerline nor have kids or pre

[cg] community gardens are needed as food security for the entire USA

2003-06-25 Thread a.h.steely
Dear Sacramento elected officials, Ron Mandella Community Garden may not agree with turning garden plots into condos but then neither do lots of people. Some of us actually moved out of 1st class cities that are nothing but monuments to cement and steel. The economy is going flat and no one will

[cg] Re:successful communit garden projects

2003-06-25 Thread Christine Hibbard
Hi Chris Hibbard here from Squirrel Hill Community Garden in Philadelphia. I would like to observe that measuring a gardens success by the number of participants is only measuring a piece of the pie. Many thriving gardens are smallish 20-30. Longetivity its one thing to start a garden and have

[cg] Re:successful communit garden projects

2003-06-25 Thread Libby J. Goldstein
Chris, as a member of the 27-year old (!!!) Southwark/Queen Village Garden in South Philadelphia, I love your definition. We do have some 70 members, up from 53 when we started, but the increase is due to an increase in arable space made possible by our then State Senator, Henry J. Cianfrani,